Java API content instance update

Lauren_Quintanilla

I am doing something like this to update a date on the content instance in WEM.  When I log into WEM, I see the new date; however, I don't see the new date on the site as it seems to be caching old value.  Is there a flag or method to tell WEM this ContentInstance has changed.  If I open the item in WEM and make any small change like adding a space to another field and hit save, the new date does show on the site.  So, it seems like the WEM editor might be setting some sort of change flag and I need to do that from my code.

Any suggestions?

ContentInstance existingCi = findContentInstance()
existingCi.setAttributeValue("REVIEWDATE", new Date());
existingCi.commit();

Ryan Atkins

Lauren,

You could try existingCi.touch() which will trigger any post processing event listeners and run any default update workflow on the object. Or existingCi.touch(false) to do the same, but skip any workflow. The documentation states that this has the effect of informing the VCM server when a ManagedObject's record has been modified without the VCM server's knowledge.

Although, in theory, I think commit() is supposed to do this as well. Good luck.

-Ryan

Quoted Lauren Quintanilla on 08/15/2018 11:56 AM:

I am doing something like this to update a date on the content instance in WEM.  When I log into WEM, I see the new date; however, I don't see the new date on the site as it seems to be caching old value.  Is there a flag or method to tell WEM this ContentInstance has changed.  If I open the item in WEM and make any small change like adding a space to another field and hit save, the new date does show on the site.  So, it seems like the WEM editor might be setting some sort of change flag and I need to do that from my code.

Any suggestions?

ContentInstance existingCi = findContentInstance()
existingCi.setAttributeValue("REVIEWDATE", new Date());
existingCi.commit();